[Federal Register: May 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 102)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We invite the public to comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before June 28, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager,
California/Nevada Operations Office (CNO), 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-
2606, Sacramento, California, 95825 (telephone: 916-414-6464; fax: 916-
414-6486). Please refer to the respective permit number for each
application when submitting comments. All comments received, including
names and addresses, will become part of the official administrative
record and may be made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above CNO address, (telephone: 760-431-9440; fax:
760-431-9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered
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species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (``we'')
solicits review and comment from local, State, and Federal agencies,
and the public on the following permit requests. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Permit No. TE-809232
Applicant: Paul Holden, Logan, Utah.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, and release)
the Moapa Dace (Moapa coriacea) in conjunction with surveys in Clark
County, Nevada for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-150547
Applicant: Anna Marie Schroeder, Santa Ana, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and nest
monitor) the least Bell's vireo in conjunction with surveys and
monitoring throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-150550
Applicant: Jerry D. Rowe, Martinez, California.
The permittee requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
in conjunction with surveys in Contra Costa, Alameda, Sonoma, Santa
Clara, Santa Barbara, San Benito, Monterey, and Solano Counties,
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-053598
Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the vernal pool
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus wootoni), and the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-150561
Applicant: Denise L. LaBerteaux, Weldon, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys in San Diego, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern, Inyo, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San
Luis Obispo Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-027736
Applicant: David Erik LaCoste, Ramona, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-835365
Applicant: Barbara McDonnell, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the vernal pool
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus wootoni), and the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-097845
Applicant: Scott Westfall, Lompoc, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the El
Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction
with surveys in Ventura County, California, for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-800291
Applicant: Anne Wallace, Grass Valley, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (monitor) the
California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with
monitoring and other life history studies in Solano County, California,
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-819491
Applicant: Michael Fitzgerald, Durango, Colorado.
The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-094642
Applicant: Howard B. Schaffer, Davis, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, collect, and
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) and
vernal pool fairy shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with
research and other life history studies in Solano, and Alameda
Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Our practice is to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which
we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment, but you should
be aware that we may be required to disclose your name and address
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Comments
and materials received will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
Dated: May 22, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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